Jon Behm: Road to success comes in many different forms

Three days.
That is all that remains before a journey begins. A journey that will be fraught with happiness and anger. With celebrations and tears. With successes and failures. With Friday nights that will be ingrained with memories for a lifetime.
Yes, high school football 2014 begins in three days (or two, in the case of Rocky River).
Months of preparation comes down to two-and-a-half months. Will you make varsity? Will you make the playoffs? Will you improve on last year? Will you get that college scholarship offer?
Ten weeks will tell.
While each team and player will have individuals hopes and aspirations, all of them will have one common theme: success. Every player who straps on a helmet and every coach who puts on a headset wants to have a successful season. For some, that success means winning a state title, for others, the goals may be a bit less lofty.
However, make no mistake, everyone involved has put in hours, days, weeks and months of efforts to make the 2014 season a success. The hours that players have spent in the weight room, the days that coaches have spent determining a starting lineup, the weeks that the teams have spent during two-a-day practices and the months that the athletes have spent from the end of last season to the start of this one preparing individually were all spent to help make the 2014 season a road to success.
However, as I have already said, for different teams, the definition of a successful 2014 journey can come in a variety of packages:

These are just a few examples of the plethora of options that can create a successful season for a team.
Still, though, there are more successes to be found:

It all continues in three days, when the initial kickoff of the 2014 high school season occurs. It all started months and years in the past.
But where and when will the road to success end? Each team will tell a different story for that question.

About the Author

Jon is a 2011 graduate of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. While at Calvin, Jon worked for the college newspaper, Chimes, where he was the sports editor and co-managing editor. Jon began writing for The Morning Journal in March 2013 as a crime reporter before moving to the sports department in December 2013. Reach the author at jbehm@morningjournal.com
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